It Is Better to Reproductively Clone Animals That Have Useful

question 79

Multiple Choice

It is better to reproductively clone animals that have useful characteristics instead of breeding them in the traditional way because

• A) the embryo develops more quickly when it is reproductively cloned.
• B) the variation caused by sexual reproduction may affect the useful characteristic in traditional breeding.
• C) the reproductively cloned embryo requires less DNA because it is haploid.
• D) a traditionally bred animal requires more food.

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Definitions:

Convergent Validity

The degree to which two measures that theoretically should be related are actually related.

Discriminant Validity

The degree to which a concept or measurement is not associated with other concepts or measurements it's supposed to be unrelated to.

Predictive Validity

The extent to which a test, measurement, or tool can accurately forecast or predict a specific outcome.

Face Validity

Refers to the extent to which a test appears to measure what it is intended to measure, based purely on its surface characteristics.